Wrote a long post.
but everything disppeared after i selected everything to resize the post.
stoooopid blogspot.
it's happened b4 but i was still in the mood to re-type everything.
not tonite.
need to wake up early tom.
teaching liao. need to wake up at 5.45am to reach school by 7.15am.
earliest i've woken up in 4 months.
nitezzzZZZzzz.
ps. i hope they dun kill my acct for calling them stoopid :)
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Friday, August 12, 2005
Day of Tests !!
Today is wat i call a day of tests.
went for an interview at Fugro dis morning. the place is like at tuas la. no bus goes there.
so had to cab there from jurong point.
it's a dutch company dealing in surveying services and the like.
i applied for a survey engineer position.
had to go through a written test which tested my knowledge of my sec school physics - ohm's law,
and digital & analogue electronics which included logic gates and the like. luckily i could remember some of them :)
after which had a practical exam to see how i would test a computer cable to see which pin on one end of the cable is connected to which other pin on the other end. luckily i had some idea. except dat i was using the wrong range on the multimeter (was using megaohm, instead of ohm.) i'm sorry if the non-engineering ppl reading this have no idea wat i'm talking abt. den had to use an oscilloscope and a generator to produce a 100kHz sine wave with 1V peak-to-peak. managed to get the settings rite on the generator, but no sine wave appeared on the oscilloscope.
the manager went on to tell me abt job scope, leave benefits, and pay.
i get 21 days leave + one day for every sat and sunday i'm offshore.
i also get a basic pay of abt $2k + a daily offshore allowance of usd60 a day.
but i'll be offshore for abt 7 mths every year, with each trip lasting from abt 4-6 weeks.
pay is good, job scope is not bad, but i dun think i wana b away from family and frens for 7 mths...
of coz the other 5 months can be covered by the leave accummulated. and can also go back to the company for training courses and such to preserve leave.
was a little late by the time the interview ended.
so cabbed down to fairfield methodist sec sch to let them verify my educational qualifications.
gona start teaching on monday. they called me at 7am to ask me if i could teach today. i had to reject them.
so got my temp pass, 3 whiteboard markers (black, blue & red, if u're wondering...), a copy of the english handbook and the teacher's lesson plan. english is no longer taught the way it was 11 years ago.
i hope i will b able to execute the lesson plan. HELP!!
den rushed down to suntec to take my second paper to get my certification to be a financial advisor.
finished it in an hour and passed it. think i'm born w the innate nature to be able to finish my exams fast.
very rarely do i stay for the entire duration of an exam.
met up with the manager from financial firm after dat. had a little talk w him, gona meet up w him again next thur after i've cleared my 3rd paper next wed. den gona fill in my application form to be a financial advisor. gona b another 4-6 weeks b4 i can officially go out to meet clients and close deals.
hope my savings can tahan. i'm pretty certain i wana do this and make a successful career out of this.
i have very good vibes of the career so pray for me that i'll b able to make it in this industry.
i've been thinking of how i wana market myself, how to differentiate myself from the other agencies and create a niche market. think i'm gona target my ex-colleagues at 111 sqn first. hehe...
met john, my cat high classmate, to collect my mont blanc docu bag from him. only $75.
asked him to help me get one coz he was going to china for work.
he gave adrian chong an alfred dunhill one the last time we met up.
so ends my day... gona rest. tom going to give physics tuition...
went for an interview at Fugro dis morning. the place is like at tuas la. no bus goes there.
so had to cab there from jurong point.
it's a dutch company dealing in surveying services and the like.
i applied for a survey engineer position.
had to go through a written test which tested my knowledge of my sec school physics - ohm's law,
and digital & analogue electronics which included logic gates and the like. luckily i could remember some of them :)
after which had a practical exam to see how i would test a computer cable to see which pin on one end of the cable is connected to which other pin on the other end. luckily i had some idea. except dat i was using the wrong range on the multimeter (was using megaohm, instead of ohm.) i'm sorry if the non-engineering ppl reading this have no idea wat i'm talking abt. den had to use an oscilloscope and a generator to produce a 100kHz sine wave with 1V peak-to-peak. managed to get the settings rite on the generator, but no sine wave appeared on the oscilloscope.
the manager went on to tell me abt job scope, leave benefits, and pay.
i get 21 days leave + one day for every sat and sunday i'm offshore.
i also get a basic pay of abt $2k + a daily offshore allowance of usd60 a day.
but i'll be offshore for abt 7 mths every year, with each trip lasting from abt 4-6 weeks.
pay is good, job scope is not bad, but i dun think i wana b away from family and frens for 7 mths...
of coz the other 5 months can be covered by the leave accummulated. and can also go back to the company for training courses and such to preserve leave.
was a little late by the time the interview ended.
so cabbed down to fairfield methodist sec sch to let them verify my educational qualifications.
gona start teaching on monday. they called me at 7am to ask me if i could teach today. i had to reject them.
so got my temp pass, 3 whiteboard markers (black, blue & red, if u're wondering...), a copy of the english handbook and the teacher's lesson plan. english is no longer taught the way it was 11 years ago.
i hope i will b able to execute the lesson plan. HELP!!
den rushed down to suntec to take my second paper to get my certification to be a financial advisor.
finished it in an hour and passed it. think i'm born w the innate nature to be able to finish my exams fast.
very rarely do i stay for the entire duration of an exam.
met up with the manager from financial firm after dat. had a little talk w him, gona meet up w him again next thur after i've cleared my 3rd paper next wed. den gona fill in my application form to be a financial advisor. gona b another 4-6 weeks b4 i can officially go out to meet clients and close deals.
hope my savings can tahan. i'm pretty certain i wana do this and make a successful career out of this.
i have very good vibes of the career so pray for me that i'll b able to make it in this industry.
i've been thinking of how i wana market myself, how to differentiate myself from the other agencies and create a niche market. think i'm gona target my ex-colleagues at 111 sqn first. hehe...
met john, my cat high classmate, to collect my mont blanc docu bag from him. only $75.
asked him to help me get one coz he was going to china for work.
he gave adrian chong an alfred dunhill one the last time we met up.
so ends my day... gona rest. tom going to give physics tuition...
No title...
Had a terrible nightmare last nite.
dreamt dat tmg went out w my bro.
think it was something like we were all out at some holiday thingy or soemthing.
den there she was in a absolutely beautiful dress. pastel green i think.
i may seem like an uly color but u shd have seen it in my dream. she was juz gorgeous.
den think somehow got into a quarrel and she went off arm in arm w my bro, who was dressed in a suit.
he looked pretty smart, i have to admit.
den i woke up. it was juz too scary to sleep on.
this is not good. i'm supposed to be trying to get over it and move on.
guess deep down i do wish we could get back together.
shd see less of her if i wana move on. was doing quite fine until i was spending a little too much time w her over the national day holiday.
read this girl's blog abt her heartless ex-bf. got the link from blinkymummy.
looks like i'm like one of those avid blog readers. hahaha.
think it all started w mr brown.
here's her blog description:
My ex-boyfriend and I had been dating for 8 months. On July 20 2005, our 8th month anniversary, he broke up with me when I told him that I was 11 weeks pregnant with his child. This blog records my thoughts, reflections and feelings of dealing with this unwanted pregnancy.
although i dun agree w his choice, i shall not comment, coz i really wouldn't know wat i'll do if it happened to me.
so shall not judge, lest i be judged.
gona sleep now. got interview tom, den got my module 5 exam at 1.35pm. den meeting up with a manager who was from phillip capital for another round of interviews. it's gona b a busy day.
wish me luck and pray for me!!
nitezzzz
dreamt dat tmg went out w my bro.
think it was something like we were all out at some holiday thingy or soemthing.
den there she was in a absolutely beautiful dress. pastel green i think.
i may seem like an uly color but u shd have seen it in my dream. she was juz gorgeous.
den think somehow got into a quarrel and she went off arm in arm w my bro, who was dressed in a suit.
he looked pretty smart, i have to admit.
den i woke up. it was juz too scary to sleep on.
this is not good. i'm supposed to be trying to get over it and move on.
guess deep down i do wish we could get back together.
shd see less of her if i wana move on. was doing quite fine until i was spending a little too much time w her over the national day holiday.
read this girl's blog abt her heartless ex-bf. got the link from blinkymummy.
looks like i'm like one of those avid blog readers. hahaha.
think it all started w mr brown.
here's her blog description:
My ex-boyfriend and I had been dating for 8 months. On July 20 2005, our 8th month anniversary, he broke up with me when I told him that I was 11 weeks pregnant with his child. This blog records my thoughts, reflections and feelings of dealing with this unwanted pregnancy.
although i dun agree w his choice, i shall not comment, coz i really wouldn't know wat i'll do if it happened to me.
so shall not judge, lest i be judged.
gona sleep now. got interview tom, den got my module 5 exam at 1.35pm. den meeting up with a manager who was from phillip capital for another round of interviews. it's gona b a busy day.
wish me luck and pray for me!!
nitezzzz
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Today's A Good Day!!
A couple of good things happened today.
firstly, i passed the CMFAS module 9 exam dis afternoon.
one down, 3 more papers to go before i get my full licence to be a financial planner.
den fairfield methodist sec sch called. they need a relief teacher for abt 2 weeks. yay!
this means i'll b getting a little income for me to buy some new clothes to overhaul my wardrobe.
cant meet clients in jeans and tees. G2000 here i come.. once i get my pay.
but it'll mean i gota spend my evenings studying for my other papers.
i do hope i pass my module 5 dis friday.
hope everyone spent their national day well.
went for fr val's thanksgiving mass in the morning den had lunch.
played mj in the afternoon with justin, steph and tmg.
lost abt $18. dang... not a good run lately.
gota try to turn my luck ard. hahaha...
oh well... gona meet up with the teacher i'll b relieving tom.
i understand i'll be teaching english. they asked me if i could teach art. i said no.
how can i teach art? i only can teach how to doodle, which even some 3-4 yo kid can do to his house walls.
bro borrowed my camera. so no foto opportunities for this week.
think ever since i started blogging, i've been looking out for interesting things to take fotos of.
looking at things ard me dat might be interesting.
oh well... i hope the school will pay me decently well... i'm hoping $12/hr minimum.
forgot to ask how much they'll be paying. i'll check w them tom.
goodnite! and sweet dreams!
firstly, i passed the CMFAS module 9 exam dis afternoon.
one down, 3 more papers to go before i get my full licence to be a financial planner.
den fairfield methodist sec sch called. they need a relief teacher for abt 2 weeks. yay!
this means i'll b getting a little income for me to buy some new clothes to overhaul my wardrobe.
cant meet clients in jeans and tees. G2000 here i come.. once i get my pay.
but it'll mean i gota spend my evenings studying for my other papers.
i do hope i pass my module 5 dis friday.
hope everyone spent their national day well.
went for fr val's thanksgiving mass in the morning den had lunch.
played mj in the afternoon with justin, steph and tmg.
lost abt $18. dang... not a good run lately.
gota try to turn my luck ard. hahaha...
oh well... gona meet up with the teacher i'll b relieving tom.
i understand i'll be teaching english. they asked me if i could teach art. i said no.
how can i teach art? i only can teach how to doodle, which even some 3-4 yo kid can do to his house walls.
bro borrowed my camera. so no foto opportunities for this week.
think ever since i started blogging, i've been looking out for interesting things to take fotos of.
looking at things ard me dat might be interesting.
oh well... i hope the school will pay me decently well... i'm hoping $12/hr minimum.
forgot to ask how much they'll be paying. i'll check w them tom.
goodnite! and sweet dreams!
Monday, August 08, 2005
Wat A Busy Weekend...
Saturday, 6 aug 2005
went running with jarrod. it's so tiring la !!
duno how i'm gona pass my ippt.
went to j's house to bathe and all, den we went to michelle's house for dinner. YAY!
wat a sumptious meal we had!
there was curry veg, prawns, roast chicken, cod fish, delifrance baugette and cockles(?).
dinner at the kaws is never complete without wine and fruits.
it's always so nicely cut that it makes u wana eat fruits even if u're not a fruit eater :)
lazed in the tv room, and watched "the fantastic 4". after which we played mj,
the world's best game. haha...
we din even finished 1 round. had to end at 西风 coz it was abt 3 in the am by den and j and lynette and i had to wake up in a few hours to go to church.
so we ended, with me losing $12. so suay... plus taxi fare home, it cost me $20 altogether.
sunday, 7 aug 2005
woke up at like 8am after going to sleep at abt 3plus 4am?
superly stoned lor. went down church to meet cheryl to go to st bernadette's only to find out she was at home... -__-
but she was so nice to come by church to pick me up den we went on to st bern's.
the kids were getting confirmed and it's a nice feeling to see another batch of youths getting confirmed and becoming full-fledged members of the catholic church, given the power and talents to bring god to the ppl ard them.
i do hope they will find their calling in service to god in st bern's.
met tmg for lunch after dat, and we went to her place to help her investigate a cockroach sighting in her room.
so i checked behind the desk, shleves and cabinets only to find nothing. so juz sprayed lots of baygon to make sure nothing survives.
went down to church of the holy family for deacon val's ordination mass at 5.30pm. so i saw the archbishop twice in a single day.
was sitting in the gallery but couldn't see much. but it was alrite... val and damien were getting ordained together having come from the same parish. it was truly a joyious occasion for both families who are so alike in many ways.
went back to holy cross and we went to clem central for dinner. it was a truly amazing dinner.
there were eugene, stacie, myself, acra, jonathan, lanxi and jarrod.
we were at the coffeeshop from abt 8.45 to abt 11.30pm.
we spent abt 45mins eating and the next couple of hours talking abt our ministries in vc and the problems we are facing and the possible problems to come in the future. as well as talk abt possible solutions for the problems raised.
it was truly a fruitful discussion. i think we all gained a better understanding of each other's ministries even tho we are involved and see each other every week.
cabbed home, courtesy of my bro, who owes me $$... debtors are always good. accounting 101 - debtors = assets. how true.
monday, 8 aug 2005
i almost went mad today.
the whole world was dressed in red.
i was prepared to be dressed in red as well...
my own shirt to be soaked red in my blood...
it was an overkill lor. students were all in red,
the aunties who were in red, also happily walking ard with theirgrandkids whom they have so nicely dressed in red as well,
so dat everyone is colour co-ordinated.
went down to financial alliance to sit in at their weekly meeting this morning.
managed to stay awake except for the occasional visit to lalaland . luckily the visits were short ones. so din miss much of the meeting.
met tmg after the meeting to go watch 'charlie and the chocolate factory'. it's quite a funny show with quite a few dark moments.
walked ard town for a while after the movie. den came home liao.
gona sleep soon... but feeling a little hungry from the fairly early laksa dinner at hv.
oh well... gota wake up early tom.
prev deacon, now rev fr val is celebrating his thanksgiving mass inhoyl holy cross tom.
followed by lunch... yum.
went running with jarrod. it's so tiring la !!
duno how i'm gona pass my ippt.
went to j's house to bathe and all, den we went to michelle's house for dinner. YAY!
wat a sumptious meal we had!
there was curry veg, prawns, roast chicken, cod fish, delifrance baugette and cockles(?).
dinner at the kaws is never complete without wine and fruits.
it's always so nicely cut that it makes u wana eat fruits even if u're not a fruit eater :)
lazed in the tv room, and watched "the fantastic 4". after which we played mj,
the world's best game. haha...
we din even finished 1 round. had to end at 西风 coz it was abt 3 in the am by den and j and lynette and i had to wake up in a few hours to go to church.
so we ended, with me losing $12. so suay... plus taxi fare home, it cost me $20 altogether.
sunday, 7 aug 2005
woke up at like 8am after going to sleep at abt 3plus 4am?
superly stoned lor. went down church to meet cheryl to go to st bernadette's only to find out she was at home... -__-
but she was so nice to come by church to pick me up den we went on to st bern's.
the kids were getting confirmed and it's a nice feeling to see another batch of youths getting confirmed and becoming full-fledged members of the catholic church, given the power and talents to bring god to the ppl ard them.
i do hope they will find their calling in service to god in st bern's.
met tmg for lunch after dat, and we went to her place to help her investigate a cockroach sighting in her room.
so i checked behind the desk, shleves and cabinets only to find nothing. so juz sprayed lots of baygon to make sure nothing survives.
went down to church of the holy family for deacon val's ordination mass at 5.30pm. so i saw the archbishop twice in a single day.
was sitting in the gallery but couldn't see much. but it was alrite... val and damien were getting ordained together having come from the same parish. it was truly a joyious occasion for both families who are so alike in many ways.
went back to holy cross and we went to clem central for dinner. it was a truly amazing dinner.
there were eugene, stacie, myself, acra, jonathan, lanxi and jarrod.
we were at the coffeeshop from abt 8.45 to abt 11.30pm.
we spent abt 45mins eating and the next couple of hours talking abt our ministries in vc and the problems we are facing and the possible problems to come in the future. as well as talk abt possible solutions for the problems raised.
it was truly a fruitful discussion. i think we all gained a better understanding of each other's ministries even tho we are involved and see each other every week.
cabbed home, courtesy of my bro, who owes me $$... debtors are always good. accounting 101 - debtors = assets. how true.
monday, 8 aug 2005
i almost went mad today.
the whole world was dressed in red.
i was prepared to be dressed in red as well...
my own shirt to be soaked red in my blood...
it was an overkill lor. students were all in red,
the aunties who were in red, also happily walking ard with theirgrandkids whom they have so nicely dressed in red as well,
so dat everyone is colour co-ordinated.
went down to financial alliance to sit in at their weekly meeting this morning.
managed to stay awake except for the occasional visit to lalaland . luckily the visits were short ones. so din miss much of the meeting.
met tmg after the meeting to go watch 'charlie and the chocolate factory'. it's quite a funny show with quite a few dark moments.
walked ard town for a while after the movie. den came home liao.
gona sleep soon... but feeling a little hungry from the fairly early laksa dinner at hv.
oh well... gota wake up early tom.
prev deacon, now rev fr val is celebrating his thanksgiving mass in
followed by lunch... yum.
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